RECORDING AND REPORTING OF DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS USING WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE
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1. A method of monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
- a) associating a mobile device with a vehicle;
b) determining a location of the mobile device; and
c) determining a cost of insurance for the vehicle based upon said step b).
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring a vehicle uses a wireless mobile device. The wireless mobile device, such as a cell phone, smart phone, PDA, etc., includes some of the hardware that could be utilized to monitor and analyze data and transmit the data (or summaries, statistics or analyses of the data) to a central server. This can greatly reduce the overall cost of the system. The data can be used to determine an insurance rate or as a speed probe for creating traffic maps, for example.
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1. A method of monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
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a) associating a mobile device with a vehicle; b) determining a location of the mobile device; and c) determining a cost of insurance for the vehicle based upon said step b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of monitoring operation of a vehicle including the steps of:
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a) associating a mobile device with the vehicle; b) monitoring the operation of the vehicle with the mobile device; c) recording operation of the vehicle on the vehicle when the vehicle is operated without the mobile device present; and d) detecting an occurrence of operation of the vehicle without the mobile device present. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
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a) determining that a mobile device is near the vehicle; b) determining a location of the mobile device; and c) determining a location of the vehicle based upon said steps a-b). - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:
a vehicle unit for installation in a vehicle, the vehicle unit programmed to be associated with at least one mobile device and to transmit vehicle operating data via the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A mobile device for monitoring a vehicle comprising, wherein the mobile device is programmed to:
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determine that the mobile device is near a vehicle; determine a location of the mobile device; and monitor operation of the vehicle based upon a determination that the mobile device is near the vehicle and based upon the location of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A computer readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a mobile computing device perform the steps of:
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a) determining that the mobile computing device is near an associated vehicle; b) determining a location of the mobile computing device; and c) determining a location of the vehicle based upon said steps a-b). - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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